Fine Cars and Pool Tables

Moderation

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:01:02 -0700

You know, the attitude of all or nothing in regards to health and nutrition just bothers me. There are so many diets and lifestyles that say you have to avoid X or eat as much Y as you can. Quite frankly, I think this is crap. Moderation is the best policy, everything balances out. From all the long living people I know, they say moderation is the key to life, and it was obvious in their lifestyles that they didn’t overdo or deprive themselves of anything. For instance, my paternal grandparents both lived to be 92. That’s a long time. Both of them never denied themselves carbs or fat or what have you. Rather, they just did everything in balance with everything else. My other grandparents, unfortunately, smoked too much and both died from cancer. That being said, everyone is different; some people need more protein, others need more carbs, etc. It is about finding the balancing point in your life.

New York, 1950

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:10:12 -0700

New York, 1950

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Sun, 19 May 2013 12:01:18 -0700

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Sun, 19 May 2013 06:15:46 -0700

"Have some fire. Be unstoppable. Be a force of nature. Be better than anyone here, and don’t give a..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:01:07 -0700

“Have some fire. Be unstoppable. Be a force of nature. Be better than anyone here, and don’t give a damn about what anyone thinks.”

- Christina Yang (via xdilara)

Beautiful. Audrey at her finest.

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:26:11 -0700

Beautiful. Audrey at her finest.

rainydaysandblankets: dreaming of moving somewhere where it rains and the trees are always a deeply...

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:30:33 -0700

rainydaysandblankets:

dreaming of moving somewhere where it rains and the trees are always a deeply saturated green. i would open a bakery, work at a vineyard, always have fresh flowers around, let my dogs come to work with me, and have a constant stream of my favorite music playing.

who’s coming with?

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Fri, 17 May 2013 12:01:11 -0700

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Fri, 17 May 2013 03:46:40 -0700

allaboutthepast: A young man swings with his date, 1940s

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:01:13 -0700

allaboutthepast:

A young man swings with his date, 1940s

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Wed, 15 May 2013 12:01:01 -0700

Remember when you left Gotham? Before all this, before Batman?...

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:01:17 -0700

Remember when you left Gotham? Before all this, before Batman? You were gone seven years. Seven years I waited, hoping that you wouldn’t come back. Every year, I took a holiday. I went to Florence, there’s this cafe, on the banks of the Arno. Every fine evening, I’d sit there and order a Fernet Branca. I had this fantasy, that I would look across the tables and I’d see you there, with a wife and maybe a couple of kids. You wouldn’t say anything to me, nor me to you. But we’d both know that you’d made it, that you were happy. I never wanted you to come back to Gotham. I always knew there was nothing here for you, except pain and tragedy. And I wanted something more for you than that. I still do.

"“The Qualities of a Gentleman: He acts kindly from the impulse of his kind heart. He is brave,..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:01:12 -0700

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“The Qualities of a Gentleman:

He acts kindly from the impulse of his kind heart.

He is brave, because, with a conscience void of offence, he has nothing to fear.

He is never embarrassed, for he respects himself and is profoundly conscious of right intentions.
He keeps his honor unstained, and to retain the good opinion of others he neglects no civility.

He respects even the prejudices of men whom he believes are honest.

He opposes without bitterness and yields without admitting defeat.

He is never arrogant, never weak.

He bears himself with dignity, but never haughtily.

Too wise to despise trifles, he is too noble to be mastered by them.

To superiors he is respectful without servility; to equals courteous; to inferiors’ kind.

He carries himself with grace in all places, is easy but never familiar, genteel without affection.

He unites gentleness of manner with firmness of mind.

He commands with mild authority, and asks favors with grace and assurance.”

”

- My very first post… EVER. (via keepin-calm)

**gasps** found something that relates to me on tumblr!! (Finally)

breatheinpassion: grimmyneutron: do you ever get those pangs of anxiety where you feel like nobody...

Sun, 12 May 2013 12:01:07 -0700

breatheinpassion:

grimmyneutron:

do you ever get those pangs of anxiety where you feel like nobody likes you and nobody will ever like you and you will achieve nothing

the fuck is a pang

Every day.

Reblog if you are a writer.

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:01:10 -0700

preservingsanity:

totallycumberbatched:

soufflenatural:

#if by writer you mean person who writes things and never puts them up anywhere or lets anyone see them then yes

thatkindofwoman: Alright. I critisized one of these “rules” a...

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:01:16 -0700

thatkindofwoman:

Alright. I critisized one of these “rules” a couple months ago. I told you all that, firstly I didn’t like the idea that to be a lady, or a gentleman that you had to follow a set of rules set by someone else.

I want to break down what it means to be a gentleman briefly, at least linguistically.

noun ( pl. -men)

1 a chivalrous, courteous, or honorable man : he behaved like a perfect gentleman.• a man of good social position, esp. one of wealth and leisure.• (in the UK) a man of noble birth attached to a royal household.

2 a polite or formal way of referring to a man : opposite her an old gentleman sat reading.• ( gentlemen) used as a polite form of address to a group of men : “Can I help you, gentlemen?”• used as a courteous designation for a male fellow member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Well, that in and of its self doesn’t justify these rules and their… creditability. Because, being a gentleman is about being the best person that you can be as a man. It’s not a set of guidelines that you can memorize and follow, it’s a lifestyle choice. It’s like the above use of “classy”. Doesn’t it leave a bad taste in your mouth?

Classy… Say a couple times. Use it in a couple sentences. Read out the above sentences. It makes me feel like the men who read this are taking down notes, instead of actually making an effort. Sure, manners are learned. But hopefully a man who is in a relationship with this “her” is invested in the authenticity of the relationship in which he doesn’t have to look online for ways to be a better partner.

Oh, okay “it sounds classy.” Not that it means something. The word love doesn’t mean anything. It’s the actions behind it. The love you hold in your heart for her is now tossed away because you are only calling her love for the benefit of its sound. There is something wrong about that, at least to me.

I hope my love understands that I won’t be using terms of endearments because it sounds classy, I hope he understands that I use it because that is how I feel.

I hope women expect more out of endearments as well. That he should not take advantage of the vocabulary of words that express the emotions we feel. That they (our partners) don’t manipulate them so that others believe them to be gentleman who hold “class”.

Words are almost all we have to communicate, and not acknowledging is lazy, which in my opinion is the opposite of a gentleman.

^Thank you. My feelings exactly. You shouldn’t just call someone “love” because of the implications of the word, use it because you mean it. In my opinion, other pet names destroy the value of the relationship. Love, however, doesn’t. That’s my two cents, anyway.

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Thu, 09 May 2013 12:01:18 -0700

If I may, this style is very attractive.

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:12:00 -0700

If I may, this style is very attractive.

List of Words to Know #14

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:01:21 -0700

larmoyante:

Petrichor - the smell of rain on dry ground

Cataglottism - kissing with the tongue; French kissing

Gargalesthia - the sensation caused by tickling

Callipygean - having well-shaped buttocks

Farctate - the state of being stuffed with food; having overeaten

Lalochezia - the use of vulgar or foul language to relieve stress or pain

Charientism - an artfully veiled insult